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Digital Short: Idaho's Mail-Order Messiah

Clip: Season 2 Episode 5 | 5m 12s

In this digital short, we explore Frank Robinson’s Psychiana, a mail-order religion founded and headquartered in Moscow, Idaho. It emerged during the Great Depression, offering hope and self-help through the mail for a dollar a lesson to followers around the world.

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